Review of FlowBank, New Swiss Bank

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I opened an account today, docs approval took a couple of hours.

I was interested in USD capabilities but there are two issues:
  1. USD is a pooled account with Barclays, not dedicated with Flowbank
  2. "Please note that we don't accept third-party payments for USD: the beneficiary and the sending party must be the same person."
 
#62
Swiss banks have some small adverse reaction to USD, and even bigger reaction to US residents and citizens and US relation in general. Many if not most banks there claim to not do any business with.
So in case you need, Id opt for specialized advise.
 
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#63
I would go further and say USD currency in general is a risky currency for banks outside of US to work with, and not just Swiss banks, due to penalties involved in any case of money laundering, sanction violation etc.
 
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#64
Martin Everson said:
I would go further and say USD currency in general is a risky currency for banks outside of US to work with, and not just Swiss banks, due to penalties involved in any case of money laundering, sanction violation etc.
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As usual totally agree and just to add some more reasoning behind it:

Every USD transaction you do anywhere in the world, goes through the US Fed. If you wire USD from France to Russia, it goes through a US Bank in the USA.

If your transaction is flagged for any reason, the Fed asks your bank to fill hundreds of documents of KYC about you, the transaction, etc.
This causes the bank huge costs in terms of labor, time, and in many cases they will prefer to just close your account rather than deal with it as it makes you a non-profitable customer.

Don't be a non profitable customer. Don't use USD.

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.
 
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#65
Yup, use any other currency for wires like euros, pounds, yen whatnot just not usd
 
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#66

whIch crypto exchanges are allowed ?
 
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#68
I opened an account 2 months ago and was positively surprised. Even if the mobile app could be improved with more features on the graphs, and they don't offer banking services, their customer support told me it would start offering cryptocurrencies and debit cards from Q1 2022. I personally really appreciate their educational content which helped me a lot. I hope they'll be able to apply their competitive pricing for all their new offerings.
 
#70
You smell that too from the new Swiss poster .
 
#71
Seems that the new bank on the block has some appetite for risk ... allowing 3rd party wires and crypto? what has the world come to?
Where's the catch? Either they are onboarding these people now and will derisk them later or there's something more devious at play.

Or maybe I'm just paranoid and they want to compete against CIM for the higher risk part of the market.
 
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#74
And for EURO inbound transfers to Flow Bank, do you know if they accept third party payments?

Another one, do you know if for EURO Transfer they use a pooled Barclays account as well?
 
#77
So why it is so quiet here? Flowbank has done great changes, I logged in just to see if anything has changed and:

1. Completely revamped online interface.
2. It is possible now to use it as a proper bank account. They have added "send money" function, where you can submit "domestic" SEPA payments or international SWIFT transfers.
3. They have removed fees for SEPA transfers, so they are free now.
4. They have added ability to fund your account using Mastercard or Visa debit or credit card. No limits on funding account this way and no fees!
5. It is possible to make joint accounts now.
6. They have launched a Black Friday offer.

Let's hope they will introduce a debit card soon (supporting non EEA residents).
 
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#78

Sounds good, I'll open an account there and see what's up ..
 
#80
Is there any news about Flowbank?

A question for people who already have an account there, has the banking platform started working properly and can payments be accepted and payments made from the account?

And the main question is whether I can keep money there in the account for a longer period, for example if you transfer money to Flowbank in the amount of EUR 10.000, whether for example you can invest only 5.000 and the other 5,000 to remain in the account as a deposit as in every other bank?

Thank you
 
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